Friday, July 23, 2010

ViewMaster Viewer

You remember ViewMaster!

Those funny looking round cards with 14 photographs around the edge and those viewers which look like binoculars and that lever at the side which advances the views. Most of us had one as a child, or knew someone who had one, at least. Well, they are back and becoming more popular as a collecting area as each month goes by.

This guide is intended to get you going on a collection and to answer the most basic of questions that new collectors ask me on a regular basis. Please don't think that this guide will answer ALL your questions - you can always send me an eBay message with any other questions that you have.
Quick HistoryThe ViewMaster system was invented in the late 1930's as an improved 'stereoscope', superceding the ones that had been popular at the turn of the century, smaller, neater and in colour too. The first viewers, models A

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